The Schwarzenberg coat-of-arms at the Sedlec Ossuary is made entirely out of the remains of those buried at the monastery since the twelfth century. One of the Ossuary's four large, bell-shaped mounds of bones and skulls can be seen in the background.

The entrance warning to the Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones) in Évora, Portugal states "We bones, lying here bare, are awaiting yours." The chapel was built in the 16th century by a Franciscan monk with the goal of pointing out how short and transient life is.